Janna van Hasselt

Ōtautahi Christchurch

Janna van Hasselt is a printmaker turned ceramicist. She has a BFA from the Ilam School of Fine Arts in Christchurch (2004) and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2014), as the recipient of a Fulbright Award. She has also undertaken residencies in London, The Netherlands, Belgium and Pennsylvania and exhibited throughout New Zealand. Her major solo exhibition at the Ashburton Art Gallery, Chromasill (2021), was the result of her winning the 2020 Zonta Ashburton Female Art Award. Janna filled the Ngātahi stand at the 2023 Aotearoa Art Fair with ceramics and has recently created immersive installations at The Dowse Art Museum, The Arts House Trust and The Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics. She is a busy Mum to two arty girls and a clay-curious tabby who keep her company in her Ōtautahi home studio.